Fountain-faucet.



S. SCHWARTZ.,

FOUNTAIN FAUGET. APPLIOATIONMLEDJAN.23,1911. BBNEWBD uAR.1a,'1914. 1, 1 14,05 1

Patented Oct. 20, 1914,

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UNITED STATES PATENT y OFFICE. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ, 0E oLEvELANn, onio, AssiGNoE, EY iviEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, To Louis E. sonitoEnEE, on CLEVELAND, oHro.

FOUNTAINQFAUCET.

Specification ofLetters Patent;v

, Patented ocaso, 1914.

Application filed January 23, 1911, Serial No. 604,040. Renewed March 13, 1914. 'Serial No. 824,553.

To all jwwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN SCHWARTZ.,

a citizen of the United States,residing atl f Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fountain-` lfaucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fountain or drinking faucets, the primary object of the invention being to provide a generally improved sanitary drinking fau-` cet of simple, cheap, and efficient construction, and particularly designed and adapted for use in lieu of the ordinary faucet whereby the necessity for the provision of a drinking cup may bedispensed with. A further object of the invention is `to provide a combined fountain and filtering faucet adapted to be attached to an ordinary faucet valve body in lieu of the spout 0r nozzle portion thereof, the fountain cup or spout being rotatably inounted'whereby the same is adapted in its normal or depending position for use as an ordinary nozzle or discharge spout, and when it is desired to use the saine as a drinking fountain the ro` tatably mounted fountain cup or faucet may be turned to a reverse orvupstanding vertical position, thus directing the discharging stream upwardly in fountain form.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and coin-y bination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l, is a side elevation ef the improved fountain or drinking faucet as it appears used as an attachment to an ordinary faucet valve body. Fig. 2, a front or end view of the same, a portion of the walls of the fountain cupor spout being broken away for the purpose of clearer illustration of the parts. Fig. 3, va central vertical sectional view of the valve head attachment and rotatably mounted fountain cup or spout detached from the,

faucet valve body. Fig. il, a perspective view of the valve stem and head. Fig. 5, a cross sectional view through the improved fountain cup or spout taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 1. Fig. G, a detail view of the retaining washer usedvin connection with the valve lstem and head.

Similar `numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all the figures of the drawings.

In the present embodiment of my inven-l tion I have shown the same designed and adapted for "use as an attachment in con# nection with an ordinary faucet valve body 1,-to be used in lieu of the ordinary dis` charge spout or nozzle. Theimproved fountain or drinking faucet comprises avalve stem or pipe 2, terminating in a valve head 2a,

said valve head `being provided with oppositely disposed outletports 2C, vintersecting the main dischargeopening or duct 2d.

As a convenient `meansfo`r attaching the valve stemor pipe?, to the mains'upply pipe or discharge branchvla, of the valve body, saidvalve pipe or stem may be threaded within the dischargeV branch la, as shown.` A fountain cup or spout- 3, is rotatablyV mounted upon the valve head 2a, by means of a sleeve head 3a, and as a means for forming a `proper connection or fitbetween the valve head 2a and sleeve head 3a, said valve head is preferably` tapered or beveled as shown to fit within the correspondingly beveled or "fiared, bearingopening of the sleeve head As a means'for adjusting and retaining the sleeve head 8a, upon the tapered valve head 2a, said valve head is provided at its end with a threaded stud 2e, adapted to carry a washer 4, fitted thereon( The washer 4, is retained andadjustably mounted upon the aoV stud 2", by means of an adjusting screw 5,

threaded in the threaded stud, and as an washer d.

The sleeve head 3a, and stem or neck portion 3",of` the fountain spout is provided with an outlet port or duct 6, adapted to be brought into registry with the outlet ports or ducts 2, when the fountain cup is moved either to its depending position or its reverse upwardly extending position, said outlet port or duct communicating with the chamber of the cup or spout through a perforated or strainer cup 7, the side walls of said strainer cup being provided with percupy or spout 3,A

forations 7a, and' lined with suitable `foraminous or strainer material 8, such as fine wire gauze or perforated sheet metal, or the like,

cavity of the cup, the latter is provided with a threaded thumb cap 9, carrying a washer 10, and disk platevll, said disk plate being disposed inmediately beneath the strainer material 8.

As a means rfor removably mountingthe second or strainer cup 7, within the fountain said cup 7 is provided with a threaded stud portion 7b, threadedin a similarly shaped threaded opening,y said stud portion being provided with a duct adapted to register and communicate with the outlet port or duct 6, and having an angular portion 7 c, for the reception of a key or wrench member, whereby said strainer cupy may be revolved in the act of securing or removing the same within the fountain cup; or spout ,3.

A fountain cap 12 is removably secured to the lower or discharge portion of the fountainv cup or spout preferably by means of screw threads, said fountain cap being provided with a central opening or orifice l2, for the discharge of the fountain stream in a well known and iuiderstood manner.

F rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

,y the operation and advantagesof my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, -f

l.` In a fountain faucet, a rotatably mounted fountain cup-provided with an inlet port at one end and a central discharge opening at the other and having an enlarged cylindrical shaped chamber, a second cup having an enlarged strainer chamber communicating with said inlet port and provided with perforated cylindrical walls spaced from the walls of said. fountain cup to provide an annular chamber between the walls of said cups, and a-n imperforate cap threaded to they mounted in and spaced said fountain cup to. form an annular chamber within the walls of of a cylindrical strainer cup having an v vided with an angular key receiving outer end' of said second cup whereby access may be obtained to said enlarged strainer 1 chamber and spaced inwardly from said cenand as a means for removably maintaining said foraminous or strainer metal within the tral discharge opening.

2. In a fountain faucet, a rotatably mounted fountain cup provided with inlet and outlet ports, a cylindrical shaped perforated cup from the walls of the latter, said perforated cup being provided. with an enlarged chamber communicating with said inlet port, a strainer member mounted within said enlarged. chamber of said strainer cup and an imperforate thumb cap threaded to the outer end of said strainer cup and adapted to removably retain said strainer member therein.

3. In a fountain faucet, the combination with a rotatably mounted fountain cup provided with. an inlet port opening at one end and a central discharge opening at the other;

enlarged strainer chamber communicating with said inlet port and having its cylindrical walls perforated and spaced from the walls of said fountain cup te provide an annular chamber between the walls of said cups, a cylindrical strainer member mounted in said strainer chamber, and a cap removably secured to the outer end of said perforated cup and adapted to removably retain said cylindrical strainer member therein.

4. In a fountain faucet, a fountain cup provided with a sleeve head and having a duct communicating with the latter and provided at one end with a threaded opening, a perforated cup provided with a threaded hollow stud portion mounted in said threaded opening, said threaded stud being proportion, and an imperforate cap threaded to the lower end of said perforated cup.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN SCI-l WA RTZ. litnesses O. C. BILLMAN, P. P. I-ENNER.

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